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My patient slept that night, but I did not. The shock given by this sudden cry / of Halt! at the very moment I was about to make my great move, the uncertainty / as to what it meant and my doubt of its effect upon Mr. Durand's position, put / me on the anxious seat and kept my thoughts fully occupied till morning.
I was very tired and must have shown it, when, with the first rays of a very / meager sun, Miss Grey softly unclosed her eyes and found me looking at her, for / her smile had a sweet compassion in it, and she said as she pressed my hand: